Family Time

I will probably be singing ' Ooooo give me a home, where the buffalo roam' all week 

First Steps

 Today was the last meeting of Nathan's first steps soccer.  Its has been beautiful out and they were able to play outside today!  

 This program was a skills learning program without the pressure of games.  A parent plays with each child ages 3-5.  Today was a "game" with all of the three sessions playing together.  

 kids just kind of wander on and off the field or whatever.   A few kids refused to step out there all together. But it was fun for them all

I think Dave really enjoyed playing with Nate.

I will have to play the first few weeks of first steps baseball.  Heaven help me. I might learn something.  

Before and After

Before

my $100 purchase from a girl on the Ellsworth AFB classifieds facebook page.

after

$ 44 in hardware
$ 38 in paint

Makes me feel so adult like.  I get to display all the stuff I have been collecting over the past ten years.  Stuff that was a pain in the rear to find spots to store them....but now that look amazing on display.  I am so pleased.

New Skills, Old Skills

 Things have been a little quiet on this here blog eh?  We have been busy/lazy.  Nate has had soccer every week, and I have been taking a camera class.  I am learning how to take my camera off auto and shoot on MANUAL.  Seriously I'm pretty proud of myself  Just because learning to get the photo properly exposed is a bit feat to me... But I'm pretty happy. 

 I took this photo on my class field trip.  We had models.  It was awkward.  But the point is I'm getting the photos properly exposed.  

 I have seriously spent hours in my house near good light practicing, and learning how I like things.

 We are trying seeds again this year.  We have three or four week old cucumber plants doing pretty well.(so far)

Look at those pretty eyes! Took it on MANUAL!  

btw took this on manual too!

Along with all the new stuff going on lately there has defiantly been an adjustment period to get used to being a family again.  Grocery shopping and meals have been something I didn't think or worry about for six months... getting back to my planning and budgeting has been work.  I know Dave is happy to be eating homemade meals and has lost that 13 pounds he gained during his deployment.  If you know Dave you know 13 pounds is a lot for him.  The food was just garbage over there.  

We will enjoy the next two months together, probably get into a well oiled groove, then Dave is going to the academy at the end of May.  Six weeks apart.  It never ends I tell you.  

middle

 I think Im a little more than half way but still.... Here it is not quite done but at a really exciting part 

I just need to paint the doors and get some new hardware.  

before

 I score this hutch for 100 bucks.(I shoulda taken the photo before I took the doors off   This is how it looks now...

....stay tuned 

Jokester

Hot Dogs

 Its sunny and in the sixties today.... the dogs feel very differently about this.

Anna loves it!  She is outside sunning herself imagining she is back in Arizona.

Bonnie doesn't like it so much.  She was outside for about five minutes, then she frantically wanted back in once she realized Anna was going to stay out there.  She laid down on the floor with her face in the water bowl gulping like she was without for days... once she got herself back up she paced the house looking for somewhere cool to take a nap.  It took her thirty minutes of panting and plopping and sighing, and panting and plopping and panting some more.  

I find this so funny!

Moment of the Week

 Who knew desk cleaning could be so fun?